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ProfessorGAC

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8. Headline Says Refineries

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Thu Jul 14, 2016, 08:21 AM

Jul 2016

But the article only talks about wells. It mentions building teapot refineries near the oil pits they dug for storage, but nothing in the article says they blew up refineries.

Editor must not know the difference between an oil well and a refinery.

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Here's why ISIS just blew up 5 of its own oil refineries in Iraq [View all] Rhiannon12866 Jul 2016 OP

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Headline Says Refineries ProfessorGAC Jul 2016 #8